Big Balloon

Big Balloon is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Dutch Uncles, released on 17 February 2017.^[6]

Big Balloon
Studio album by Dutch Uncles
Released	17 February 2017
Genre	Art pop, post-punk[1]
Length	35:34
Label	Memphis Industries
Producer	Brendan Williams and Phil Bulleyment
Dutch Uncles chronology
O Shudder (2015) Big Balloon (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Line of Best Fit	[4]
DIY	[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Duncan Wallis; all music is composed by Robin Richards.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Big Balloon"	3:17
2.	"Baskin'"	3:28
3.	"Combo Box"	3:02
4.	"Same Plane Dream"	3:10
5.	"Achameleon"	3:03
6.	"Hiccup"	3:20
7.	"Streetlight"	4:22
8.	"Oh Yeah"	2:51
9.	"Sink"	4:57
10.	"Overton"	4:04
Total length:		35:34[3]

Personnel

Dutch Uncles

• Peter Broadhead – electric guitar, marimba
• Andy Proudfoot – drums, backing vocals
• Robin Richards – bass guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• Duncan Wallis – lead vocals, piano

Additional musicians

• Neil Wright - electric guitar
• Henry Broadhead - synthesisers
• John Purton - violin
• Natalie Purton - violin
• Jote Osahn - viola
• Margit van der Zwan - cello
• Helen Varley - horn
• Harry Cunningham - tuba
• Barry Hyde (The Futureheads) - backing vocals
• Stealing Sheep - backing vocals
• Everything Everything - backing vocals
• Aldous RH - backing vocals

Technical personnel^[7]

• Brendan Williams – production, engineering
• Phil Bulleyment – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Jamie Birkett – engineering, additional production
• Louis Simmonds – engineering